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Bits o NothingFOR SALE: Set of golf clubsin leather-trimmed bag. Two woodsas good as new. Irons, ditto. Allclubs have come in actual contactwith bal Only few times. Set onlyslightly ased in fareway, but wellacquainted with roughs. Balls forsaid equipment may be found alongfareways of the local course. Willtrade same for set of jacks. Inquireof owner, at Tribune office, im-mediately lest he change his mindand give the game one more try.* * *The less said, the better! Thatmight be the rule concerning a re-port of the tournament matchesbetween Saint Jo and Decatur hereSunday. M. L. Show turned in theonly Saint Jo victory of the after-noon and the Decatur delegationthreatened to makt his victom"walk home." All other local pill-knockers came back to town viathe railroad tracks.* #• *We played a man way past 50-years old. He was so stiff his cadycarried him more than he did hisbag. He told us, when we startedout, that he never won a matchin his life and that he seldom brokea hundred. We wouldn't say thathe made a monkey of us, but he didestablish a new record for himselfin more ways than one.* * *Just to show you how local peopleare looking up to Show, since hissingle victory, Banker Jim Embrybought him a "segar" Monday morn-ing and said he didn't want to hearanything else about it . . . fromthe so-called top-rate golfers.* * *The promises and brags of- somepolitcial candidates can be takenwith about as much trust as aNazi friendship pact.* * *Twenty-fouf years ago yesterday(Thusrday) the first Americantroops landed in France ... to savedemocracy. They got the darn thingout of the skillet, alright, but nowit's in the fire.* * *James E Ferguson is for O'Daniel;Dan Moody is for Mann; Sam Ray-burn is for Johnson and lots ofpeople are for Dies, but who in thedickens is for the other poor cand-idates in the field?* * *If all the empty bieer cans alongth^ nine-mile stretch of highwaybetween Saint Jo and Muensterwere placed -end-to-end, they'dreach just about all'the way to thefirst legal territory . . . about thirtymiles.* * *Now that summer is definatellyhere, maybe R. T. Buck can get ina' little fishing.* *• *' In fact, we have been in the highgrass so regularly this year thata salesman is trying to sell us abig power mover with which tofix "our fareways," He only wants$280 for it, but says we could alsoearn a pass to football games thisfall by mowing the Panther's fieldfor them, in our spare time.* * *It has rained so much here sincethe first of the year that one moreheavy due will give us our quotaof annual rainfall .* * *^ The Tribune force has beenhonored by visits of newspapermenduring the past few days. EdgarHayes, son of the late W. T. Hayesonce publisher of the Tribune, washere from Luling Saturday. He ispublisher of the Luling Signal. Mr.and Mrs. Donald May late of theMemphis Democrat staff and nowconnected with the Bay City DailyTribune as advertising manager andjoffice supply saleswoman, werevisitors Monday.* * ftLast week's edition, of this public-ation came nepr being delayed. Thelinotype operator kept havingtrouble • until a loose nut was dis-covered; the office's new printer'sdevil, D. H. Long, suffered an in-jured knee in a press-day a,ccident;and the main form joflefs melteddown shortly aftef the forms wereplaced on th'j press. This weekstarted off little better. A run-awayteam and wagon crashed the editor'scar Monday and the gas bill camedue Wednesday. Otherwise every-thing has been hokay!* * * ,A 20-page special edition of theSilent Parade has just rolled off jthe press at the Tribune office. The jsplendid edition is the convention jnumber of the Texas Associationof the Deaf. Business firms of Austin jand chapters of various towns in .Texas have filled the number withadvertisements welcoming delegates |n. convention July 4, 5 and 6th. |le H. McGregor, Tribune lino-e operator, is business manager.he publication, printed and issuedjnthly from this office. Louis B.rrill of Dallas is ^ditor of the;wspaper which covers activitiesi the Deaf of Texas. The con-tention number is a^ darn goodedition in more ways ' than typo-graphy. ' vThe Saint Jo TriblServing Wide Area of Cooke and Montague Counties In Northwest TexasVOLUME 44Saint Jo, Montague County, Tex. Friday, June 27, 1941$50,000 InStamp Planfor CountyApproximately $50,000 worth ofcotton stamps will be distributedamong about 1,190 Montague coun-ty cotton farmers, W. S. Goode, areasupervisor of the Surplus Marke/Administration, told dry goods mer-chants of the county last week-end.A county-wide meeting of mer-chants was held at Montague Thurs*day of last week.The plan will go into effect im-mediately, with the first issuanceof stamps to growers expected with-in' the next two or three weeks.A merchants committee consis-ing of R. A. Neff, chairman; G. H.Fooshee, Nocona; Cecil Bellah, SaintJo; H. T. Ayres and Donald Mann,Bowie, was named to supervise thedistribution of the cotton stampsand see that all merchants observedthe strict rules set out by theSurplus Marketing Administrationwhen exchanged for cotton goods.Families of growers who will soonbe receiving stamps for compliancewith the supplementary cotton pro-gram can make their stamps stretcha little farther over the budget ifthey do some planning in advanceaccording to suggestions offeredfrom the Extension Service at Col-lege Station.The best approach is for the fam-ily to sit down together and takean inventory of the cotton goodson hand, then list needs for cottonclothing and for household cottons.Mrs. Dora R. Barnes, clothing speci-alist, and Mrs. Bernice Clayton,specialist in home improvement,both of the A. and M. College Ex-tension Service, say that when theinventpry and the list are made, thestamp allotment should then be pro-portioned wisely between colthingand household needs.Whether families are buyingclothes or articles for the home, thespecialists say these ■ pointers willhelp spend cotton stamps wisely.Be sure to take your list whenyou go shopping.If you dont know the prices ofthings you need, get them. Don'thesitate t^o ask questions.Read carefully all the labels onthe articles, you buy.Remember that good quality mat-erial generally means a saving sinceit lasts longer and stands hard wearbetter.Don't let a "bargain" lead youinto buying something you don'treally need.If you buy goods at sales be sureto check the price and quality withvalues offered regularly and in otherstores.19 SIGNED FORLOCAL COURSESFIRST AID WORKNinteen men and women enrolledfor Red Cross first aid training at ameeting of interested citizens hereTuesday night, M. L. Show, Monta-gue county chairman of HighwayFirst Aid work and graduate in-structor in the work, announcedWednesday. Other* are expected tojoin the group in taking the courseswhich begin Tuesday night of nextweek.The course is open to the publicand offers training in first aid, whichmay prove helpful toward nationaldefense. Books and material on thecourse will be furnished by the Am-erican Red Cross-Those enrolling for the course atthe first meeting this week were:Mr .and Mrs. Johnnie Tucker; EberN. Dunbar, Frances Mae Dunbar,W. L. Goulding, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.Emhry, Mrs. ,Boyd Winder, Mrs.Gertrude Mitchell, Mrs. Anna B.Stogner, Mrs. Nell Childress. Mrs.M. L. Show, Bobibe Glenn Deben-port and Mary Ann Debenport,Yvoone McGregor, Oleta Roberts,Ruth Scott, D. M. Russell and Mrs.Russell.Mrs. Bill Crump was"uesday oix businesiiras in«• fShermanRinggold BurglaryCosts Post Office$200 Cash, BondsFederal investigators joinedcounty officers at Ringold Mondayin efforts to solve the burglary ofthe post office there sometime duringthe night. About $200 worth ofcash as well as defense bonds andmoney orders were tiken, it wasreported.Entry was made through a reardoor and the knob knocked off thesafe. It was reported that moneyorders taken totaled $1,000.-IN - LAWSIOUTLAWSMOVEONSTRIKEmi.IK - LAWS0UT-LAWS|MOVEFORT WAYNE, 1ND.—WalterStanford, 42-year-old WPA work-er, is shown as he set himself upoutside his home on a sitdownstrike, which was calculated toforce his wife's relatives out. Heindicated later that his "defenseof the American home had beensuccessful, for his mother-in-lawand her two sons were preparingto leave.WPA ROLLS TOBE CUT JULY 520 LOCAL MENEvery indication points towardthe closing down of WPA projectshere, before any others are cutoff in Montague County, by thenew ruling. Twenty men, em-ployed in sidewalk, street and bri-dge work, will be effected here.Local supervisor, M. L. Show re-ports most work about finished,expect a bridge on which about$2,000 has been spent. Mayor T.E. Giles has wired a plea for con-tinuation of projects here.Announcements from Washingtonthis week indicate that the worksProgress Administration will dropmore than 415,000 workers from theWPA rolls during the next threeweeks, to bring federal relief em-ployment to a maximum of 1,000,000.The Dallas office has issued a callto slash the rolls in the 14-countydistrict from 11,183 ot 8,140 by July5, at total of 3,043.The reductiion is said to be nec-essitated by national reduction andmay cause temporary discontinu-ance of work altogether in somecounties.SIX DRAFTEESTO LEAVE FORCAMPS JULY 11Montague county's quota of sixmen will be included in the army'scall of 2,100 Texans, under theselective service system duringJuly, it was revealed this week.Montague county's trainees willleave for induction centers July 11.Gen. J. Watt Page, state selectiveservice director, has announced that2,000 white and 100 negro registrantswill be called for service on twocalls between July 1 and July 14.When these calls—the 18th and19th—have been completed, Texaswill have sent 31,804 men to camp.The state was credited with 825,-429 registrants last October. Thewar department's quota for Texasfor the year ended June 30 wasapproximately 33,213 inductions.Bill Bullock of Graham andstudent at Seminary Hill was a visit-or here Sunday.Young Mento RegisterHere July 1Thousands of youths throughoutthe United States will sign up withlocal draft boards in the secondregistration, under the selective ser-vice system, Tuesday of next week.All male citizens who have attainedthe age of 21 years, and who werenot registerred last October 16th,will be effected by the new call.It has been estimated that 150 newregistrants will be signed in thiscounty Tuesday.Seven registration places havebeen designated in Montague coun-ty. Youths residing in this areawill register at the City Hall inSaint Jo between the hours of 7 a.m.and 9 p. m., it has been announced.Other registration places will beset up at Montague, Nocona, Ring-gold, Bowie, Sunset and Forest-burg.President Roosevelt has proclaim-ed Tuesday, July 1, as Second Re-gistration Day. The registrationis to be conducted under the super-vision of the local draft boards.Montague county registration total2,88 at the first call in October.Several rules governing addressesof the young men have been changedsince the first registration day, ithas been pointed out. If the re-gistrant has more than one placeof residence, he may choose the onehe wants recorded and thus de-finitely establish which local boardhas jurisdiction over him, Gen. J.Watt Page, state director announcedfrom Austin Monday.On the first registration day,October 16, 1940, such registrantswere often confused as to whichplace to list, General Page asserted.This was especially true in in-stances where men had legal resi-dences in one community but hada temporary dwelling place in an-other. As the residence listed onthe registration card determineswhat local board has permanentjurisdiction over the registrant, someof the men later wished to changethe address they had given, butwere denied the privilege becauseselective service regulations pro-hibit such changes.In the second registration on July1, General Page continued, the re-gistration cards will contain a spacefor the registrant to list his placeof residence. In the event thathe had more than one place he maylist his choice as his residence with-out interference or dictation froma registrar.In addition, the registration cardwill have space for recording ofa mail address. This may be thesame as the place of residence orit may be another address wherethe registrant would receive hismail more readily.Further information may be hadfrom Ulis Burns draft board memberof Saint Jo or any other draft boardofficial of Montague county.Hurt In Freak AccidentBun Davenport, who has oetnworking with a pipe-line crew outof Saint Jo, was seriously injured ina freak accident at his home Mon-day. Flying glass from a brokenbottle cut his eye. He was taken toa Wichita hospital for treatment, itwas reported.SCIENTISTS say that flashes of lightare sometimes emitted from gardennasturtiums, poppies and marigolds.County's Only July 4 CelebrationIs Gigantic Plan of Nocona GroupPlans for Montague county's onlyJuly 4th celebration were beingrushed at Nocona Thursday as an-nouncements were made for thebiggest and most complete programof its kind ever held in North TexasFeatures of the program, as al-ready tentatively set, include aninspection parade of more than 600members of the 26th and 30th bat-talions of Home Guards and a "war"between the ground troops and theHome Guard squadron of planesfrom Dallas. Col. Van Vleck of theTexas Home Guard units and form-er Montague county citizen, will in-spect the troops, according to plansthis week.Nocona business man were in Ft.Sill Thursday inviting a motorizedcompany of the army to join in thecelebration.Home Guard troops are expectedSAN QUENTIN PRISON, CALIF.—Photo taken here shows Juan-ita "the Duchess" Spinelli whoseexecution in the gas chamber herewas stayed when she received 30-day reprieve from GovernorOlson. If the sentence is carriedout she will be the first woman tobe executed in a lethal chamber.MAN'S BODY ISFOUND AFTER 2DAY SEARCHINGNOCONA—The body of ZollieMartin, 51, Circle Oil Company em-ploye, drowned early Sunday morn-ing was recovered from Red RiverTuesday. Martin was well knownin the Saint Jo area.He and a campanion, Alpha Tet-tleton, were rowing to work on thecompany's lease, which was floodedby several feet of water by thestream's rise, when their boat cap-sized. Tettleton caught hold of thedrift and alter swam to safety. Mar-tin was caught in a whirlpool.The swift-flowing water was saidto be nearly 25 feet deep at thescene of the accident. The searchfor the body as fruitless until driftshad been dynamited. The body cameto the surface about a mile downstream.SHOW WINS ASOTHER GOLFERSFAIL TO SCORESaint Jo continued in the cellarposition of the North Texas OilBelt Golf Association tournamentSunday when they lost to a visitingteam from Decatur Sunday after-noon. The local team has yet tochalk its first vitcory this season.M. L. Show acounted for the onlySaint Jo victory, although SamPedigo, top-ranking member of thelocal team, lost his match on the19th hole. The other eight matcheswere lost to Decatur without seriouscontest.Eber N. Dunbar was forced tocancel his match on the firstround when he was called to ans-wer an ambulance call.Other Saint Jo players were Geo.Pedigo, Ulis Burns, Sam Roach,Roach Admire, Earnest E. Hayley,Doyle Powell, and C. C. Ware.Nocona and Burkburnett tied onthe Nocona links, it was reportedhere and Bowie remained idle withan open date. The matches closedthe first half of the round robinplay. Second half will begin July6.from Gainesville, Denton, Bowie,Burkburnett, Nocona, Decatur,Wichita Falls and Electra. Thesoldiers will be fed, army style atthe moveable kitchen, as guests ofthe Nocona Trades Day association.The Home Guard band fromBurkburnett, along with bandsfrom Gai 'sville and other NorthTexas c^k are expected. BoyScouts fi(W^ the area council are tobe invived tto pitch tens and campfor thv occ!|ision.Thelmock war between the groundtroorfc and the planes is to be stagedover! the golf links and countryclub K grounds, where an invitation8°lf 1 tournament, featuring $100wor*i of prizes, has been plannedfor#iater in the afternoon.big fireworks display as part°W the night enL^tainment. Therogram is bei^®planne^ under*e sponsorshipfcivic groups.THIRD TERM OFCOURT TO OPENMONTAGUE—The third six-weekterm of district court will open atMontague Monday morning, June30, with District Judge Earl P. Hallof Henrietta presiding. A new grandjury will be impaneled the open-ing day and will be in session dur-ing the first part of the week.Excepting grand jury delibera-tions, little will be presented duringthe first week other than generalcourt routine preceding civil andcriminal trials which will come upthrough the following five weeks ofthe term. ...The following per^H^^r ^ieenselected to serve *sat the June teiy" F L 1Turner Bucft-mvVaughn, IllinoyJIrXiBowie ~ "J. Campbell,'Sunset;W. R. Yeager,ton. Bonita;Jo; Tom GocLanders, FrMontaeJohnMot-rin, ininoy-^ mj g j"ipb.i^ED i;it; W.Yeaeer. T VRainfall A<New Recordfor YearThe Goddess of rain has certainlydone her part for Montague countythus far this year. The Saint Joarea has already received practicallyas much rainfall during the firstsix months of 1941 as normally fallsduring the entire year, acording torecords of the government guageat the First National Bank.A total of 31.43 inches of moisturehas been recorded from the fifteen-th of January until the twenty-fourth of this month, as comparedwith the average fall of approxim-ately 32.69 inches during an entireyear. This total does not includea total of eight inches which fellhere during November.The first 23 days of June bproven the wettest period ofpast seven months when 11.99 iwas recorded. A tot{^ of 5.5 :fell during a 24-hour periodlate in the evening of Juneuntil nine o'clock June 10th, forheaviest fall of the month.From January 15, the first faliof 1911 until March 2, a total of7.25 inches fell. From March 2 untilJune 24. 3 total of 24.13 inches wererecorded.The annual average figure r32.69 is reached alter laking Morague county's average of 29.83 aiCooke countys average of 35.55 f^a new averageunore suitable for theimmediate area around Sair.1 JoAccording to the .941 edition of theTexas Almanac. May with an aver-age of 4-inchqs throughout thecounty is the heviest rainfall monthof the year. June has stolen thehonors thus far this year.PARENTS ASKEDTO AID HEALTHMOVEMENT HEREBecause parents are beginning torealize that rearing children is nota haphazard affair and that theyare entitled to at least as much careas the family automobile, the SaintJo P-T.A. is making it possible forchildren of all ages to be immunizedagainst typhoid, diphtheria andsmallpox at public health prices;.Through a summer round-up pro--gram, serum may be obtained for-about 20-cents, Mrs. Orb Adams,local welfare chairman, has an-nounced. The program is plannedfor both pre-school and school-agechildren.Parents are asked to register chil-dren for the serums Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday, with Mrs. Adarn^,All registrations must be made be-fore 4 p. m. June 28, and all chil-dren must be registered to obtainthe service.Local doctors and nurses are co-operating with the program andwill administer the serums at anominal cost. Typhoid, three shots,fifty cents. Diphteria and small poxtwenty-five cents. These unable topay for the immunization will begiven the serum at no cost, thru thestate health department, Mrs.Adams said.Further information is to be givenat registration."Get behind this program," Mrs.Adams suggested this week, "andlet's make out town healthier. Ifyour neighbor doesn't take the Tri-bune, show them yours and helpmake the program a big success.")Wild GrassYields SpudsCalling Mr Robert Rip'Down here in Montagreven the weeds are pror3part toward nationalthe evidence shown bcan be believed . . . 'see it.The Monlague colives on the olc5just out of SaintMonday a sta'Perfect